Kamaiyah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ka-MY-a
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #3,974 for girls
Kamaiyah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,974th for girls in the US (36 babies).
Where does Kamaiyah come from?
Modern: African-American coinage with the -iyah ending
Is Kamaiyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Kamaiyah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 36 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kamaiyah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,974th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 36 about 1 in 45,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 36 girls in the US were named Kamaiyah, making it the 3,974th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,091st. Its busiest year was 2020, with 51 girls. It first appears in the records in 2006.
Half of all the girls named Kamaiyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 459 girls in the US were given Kamaiyah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #633, up from #3,974 for this spelling alone.
Kamaiyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | #3,974 |
| 2024 | 42 | #3,639 |
| 2023 | 30 | #4,562 |
| 2022 | 44 | #3,535 |
| 2021 | 43 | #3,552 |
| 2020 | 51 | #3,091 |
| 2019 | 31 | #4,436 |
| 2018 | 48 | #3,292 |
| 2017 | 48 | #3,305 |
| 2016 | 14 | #7,985 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
Names like Kamaiyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zaliyah, Zaniyah, Alaiyah, Kaliyah, Aziyah, Zalayah, Jaziyah, Kaziyah, Naziyah, Zamiyah, Hadassah, Jaliyah
Other spellings of Kamaiyah
Kamiyah, Kamaya, Camiyah, Kamayah, Khamiyah, Camaya, Camiya, Khamiya, Kamaiya, Camyah
Names related to Kamaiyah
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Kamaiyah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kamaiyah, updated 20 October 2026.